Armagh’s victory over Galway in Sunday’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park was watched by an average of 889,000 on The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ2, peaking at 1,085,400 as the game reached its thrilling conclusion.
The average audience sits between this over the last two years. In 2023 an average of 977,000 tuned in for Dublin against Kerry, and in 2022 872,000 watched Kerry against Galway.
The Football average was below the 1,037,000 who tuned into the Cork Vs Clare Hurling Final the previous weekend but this is the first time the Final has gone up against the Olympic Games.
The RTÉ2 audience represented a share of 76% of those watching TV at the time. There were an additional 356,416 streams on RTÉ Player, up from 184,987 streams for last year’s Football decider.
Sunday night’s highlights and review of the Football year with Jacqui Hurley and guests on The Sunday Game on RTÉ One drew an average audience of 191,000 to with a share of 21%.
Meanwhile, Saturday night on RTÉ One saw an average of 294,000 watch Up For the Match with Jacqui and Des Cahill.
“As live sport dominates our screens the draw of the All Ireland finals remain constant,” said RTÉ Head of Sport Declan McBennett.
“It was a wonderful day for Armagh Gaels and an enthralling final which made life long memories for those from the Orchard county.”
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